56B Flashcards
Eo tempore M. Agrippa in Aquitania rep prospere gessit et L. Ventidius Bassus irrumpentes in Syriam Persas tribus proeliis vicit.
At that time Marcus Agrippa carried on the situation properly in Aquitania and Lucius Ventidius Bassus defeated the Persians, breaking into Syria, in three battles.
Pacorum regis Orodis filium, interfecit eos ipso die quo olim Orodes, Persarum rex, per ducem Surenam Crassum occiderat.
He killed Pacorus, son of the king Orodes, on the very day on once Orodes, the king of the Persians had killed Crassus through his leader Surena.
Hic primus de Parthis iustissimum triumphum Romae egit.
He first celebrated a most deserved triumph regarding the Parthians in Rome.
Antonius, quasi Asiam et Orientem tenebat, repudicata sorore Caesaris Augusti Octaviani, Cleopatram, reginam Aegypti, duxit uxorem.
Antonius, as if he was holding Asia and the east, with the sister of Caesar Augustus Octavian having been divorced, he took as a wife, Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt.
Contra Persas etiam ipse pugnavit.
He fought against Persia even himself.
Primis eos proeliis vicit, regrediens tamen fame et pestilentia laboravit et, cum instarent Parthi fugienti, ipse pro victo recessit
First he defeated them in battle, returning however he suffered famine and disease and he fled with Parthage pursuing, he returned himself as the defeated one.
Hic quoque ingens bellum civile commovit cogente uxore Cleopatra, regina Aegypti, dum cupiditate mulierbri optat etiam in urbe regnare.
Antony also stirred up a huge civil war when his wife cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, was forcing him while she wished to rule even in Rome because of her womanly greed for power.
Victus est ab Augusto navali pugna clara et inlustri apud Actium, qui locus in Epiro est, ex qua fugit in Aegyptum et desperatis rebus, cum omnes ad Augustum transirent, ipse se interemit
He was defeated by Augustus in an important and famous naval battle at Actium, which is located in Epirus, from which he fled into Egypt and when he gave up hope of things, since all crossed over to Augustus; he killed himself.
Cleopatra sibi aspidem admisit et veneno eius extincta est.
Cleopatra allowed a snake to bite her and she was killed by its venom.
Aegyptus per Octavianum Augustum imperio Romano adiecta est praepositusque ei C. Cornelius Gallus.
Through Octavius Augustus Egypt was added to the Roman Empire and Gallus was put in charge of it.
Hunc primum Aegyptus Romanum iudicem habuit.
Egypt had this man as its first roman government.
